After Clean Install

[Guest]

I have a machine that started out as a Compaq and then was upgraded with two
more hard drives, a new graphics cards, some usb ports, a new dvd drive, etc.
I went to do a clean install of xp pro off of an OEM XP Disk and now I get
this message.
"ntldr:couldn't open drive multi (0)disk(0)rdisk(o)partition(1)"
I can't do anything else.
Please help.

 

[Guest]

If this is a OEM disk that came with your original machine when purchased
there are times that if the hardware configuration are too radically
different that this can occur, if it is a normal OEM disk from other than the
manufature of your original machine there is a possibility the jumper
settings are incorrect on the hard drive or that you placed the hard driver
on the secondary IDE verus the Primary.
Or, if when you put the oem disk in, is there a promt that states "press any
key to boot from cd"? If this is not coming up then it is very possible the
boot order in your bios is not configured correctly. In this can enter your
bios and go to the boot order and make sure that the boot order has your
booting drive listed, and listed prior to your hard drive.

 

[Guest]

The message comes up "...to boot from cd." but that only takes me back to
either install or repair. I have tried the only other information I have
found thus far (type - copy d:\i386\ntdlr c but the comp. just says that
it can't find it. My jumper settings are right, I think - I haven't changed
anything that recently, just went for the clean install and deleted all the
partitions. I have no idea what to do next?

 

[Guest]

The message comes up "...to boot from cd." but that only takes me back to
either install or repair. I have tried the only other information I have
found thus far (type - copy d:\i386\ntdlr c but the comp. just says that
it can't find it. My jumper settings are right, I think - I haven't changed
anything that recently, just went for the clean install and deleted all the
partitions. I have no idea what to do next?

 

[Guest]

You are probably gone now, but there are certain machines and this is many
times accociated with the oem disk that those are the only tow options
available. If this occurred after the install, I would actually try the
reinstall again (assuming this is a possible option) while it is not as
common as in the past, windows xp does misread hardware information and
improperly. Also, looking at the error (it would be easier if I saw the
machine(which off course is not possible) is it possible that you have
multiple partiion of this hard drive. The NTLDR file is a important file and
is on the active partiion of your system drive. Now of this is a new hard
drive it is possible that it is damaged. Only reason I say this is that I
experienced the same thing at work. Me, being sometimes stupid, and not
checking the newest component first like I should have done, went through the
motions, then after a couple of hours tried another hard drive and it worked.
Also, check the bios and check the boot order of your hard drives.
One reason it is hard to fix this via a dos promt is because of the NTFS
file system and the security. If you have any third party partitioning
software try t boot from that to see if the drive that xo was installed to is
marked as active.
If both your hard drives are new try switching them in the ide or changing
boot order in bio, this will enable you to do a parellel install assuming you
want to recover files.
You see the following line "(0)disk(0)rdisk(o)partition(1)" is a entry in
the boot.ini file, if you have only one partion on your hard drive this
should be fine, but if you installed on the second hard drive that is on the
secondary ide then windows can not find it, windows has to be on the primary
ide in order to boot Linux can be on either. I am assuming you are familiar
with ide since you installed all the other components.

 

[Bob Eyster]

When you deleted the partition did you re-create it and made it active?


Bob Eyster